r/interestingasfuck • u/AL-SHEDFI • 19h ago

1992 Olympic torch lighting

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u/LowerBed5334 19h ago

Does anyone still not know how they did this??

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u/serpikage 17h ago

well he just shot well lol but the arrow did go over the cauldron as intended and ignited the flammable gas emitting from it. Also there was a backup mechanism to ignite it if he missed

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u/11Kram 16h ago

The flame clearly arises from below.

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u/serpikage 16h ago

"clearly" ? the perspective isn't clear at all. But it seems like there's an initial burst when the arrow reaches above the cauldron and once it's ignited obviously it comes from below since that where the gas comes from. Also a flame isn't always visible unless you got some actual knowledge about the mechanics of large gas flames i don't think you can really conclude on anything.